Associates
Alan Green
is one of the most experienced Race Directors in the world. He is a committed sailor having skippered thousands of miles offshore and navigated in the 1977/78 Whitbread Race round Cape Horn. Alan served on the Race Committee for both the Whitbread Round the World and Volvo Ocean races.
One of the first ever appointees as an ISAF (International Sailing Federation) International Race Officer, Alan acted as Race Director for 11 Fastnet Races, Admiral's Cups and many other events for the Royal Ocean Racing Club of which he is a former Secretary. Alan is a co-founder of the annual 630-mile Middle Sea Race organized by the Royal Malta Yacht where he is a life honorary Rear Commodore.
He has been an international judge, committee member or Race Officer for oceanic events including the Vendee Globe, Route du Rhum, Jacques Vabre, Global Challenge and DaimlerChrysler North Atlantic Challenge, and is an honorary member of the Associacao Brasilero de Veleiros Oceanos. In 2005 Alan was Race Director for a non-stop round-the-world race for giant multihulls starting and finishing in the Middle East and for all races organized by SAIL & RACE, e.g. the four Baltic Sprint Cups.
Alan is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and of the Royal Geographical Society and has been until 2005 chairman of the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations committee where he led development of a new life raft and also a model training course in personal sea survival. He was recently appointed chairman of the ISAF International Regulations Commission. His Handbook on Special Regulations is published by Adlard Coles.
Dr. Meeno Schrader,
founder and owner of WetterWelt GmbH - one of the leading European weather companies in marine weather support and one of the most famous weather routers in the world. Besides many other international sailors and racing teams his most famous client is for sure Ellen MacArthur, he is working with since 2001 in many big events around the world. In early 2005 Meeno supported Ellen during her succesful single hand record attempt around the world.
There is a point of common interest between Henning and Meeno with the philosophy to check in advance all possibilities to run a race in different ocean regions. Different projects and ideas are regularly surveyed: some rejected, others adopted for potential development.
During an event Meeno and his team of four meteorologists are on 24/7 call: using satellite communications and own expert analysis of a huge amount of data of many different forecast models and observations WetterWelt is always on the spot. The support sees a constantly and accurately forecast procedure of the Race Committee, the Media Office and certainly each single yacht of the fleet at sea.
Andreas Kling
is one of the most experienced sailing journalists in Europe. Andreas accompanied the triumphant Volvo Ocean Race around-the-world winner VO60 ILLBRUCK. After this big success he was media spokesman for the DaimlerChrysler North Atlantic Challenge in 2003 and media and PR manager of the NORD/LB Baltic Sprint Cup in 2005 co-coordinating print, radio and TV coverage for news, magazines and specialist media outlets. Many other local and international events are credits in his career. Andreas is a member of the KPMS RegattaNews organization.
Daniel Forster,
one of the most renowned yacht photographers in the world, has a hugely successful record in yacht photography. It's safe to say there's no major sailing magazine in the world that hasn't published a Daniel Forster spectacular on its front cover. Daniel's specialties are helicopter shots, often taken from the most precarious positions, the results are always stunning.
Daniel, who left his native Switzerland and lives in Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA was appointed official photographer for the DaimlerChrysler North Atlantic Challenge and also the NORD/LB Baltic Sprint Cup. Like Andreas, Daniel is a member of Keypartners [KPMS], providing media support for all the ROLEX sailing events. Click here for Daniel Forster's web site.
